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When is a hate crime not a hate crime?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:25 am
by randyandy
When you knife a few of your own apparently...
Re: When is a hate crime not a hate crime?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:02 am
by Gentleman
The media were already for the obligatory evil anti islamic raist attack story and then had to backtrack.
Randyandy
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:12 pm
by David Johnson
In both crime and law, hate crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes, or race hate) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group. Examples of such groups include but are not limited to: racial group, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or gender identity
Gentleman
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:26 pm
by David Johnson
"The media were already for the obligatory evil anti islamic raist attack story "
How do you know that?
As far as I recall all the media reports were on the lines of 4 people stabbed including a police officer - 1 man arrested etc. etc - motive unclear.
Re: Randyandy
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:10 pm
by randyandy
Sorry Dave didn't know the attacker was just showing his love for the victims...
Re: Randyandy
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:28 pm
by David Johnson
Just pointing out that "hate crime" has a specific meaning in law which I have described so as far as we appear to know "hate crime" was not a correct description.
Nor would it be used when a white, male, CofE, heterosexual boozer hammered another similar down the Dog and Duck at last orders. Love it ain't but according to the law it isn't a "hate crime".